Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Synonym: Costellaria Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 [replaced name]
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and H. M. Muir-Wood. 1967. New names for brachiopod homonyms. Journal of Paleontology 41(3):808
Parent taxon: Institellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Cooper and Muir-Wood 1967, Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Craspedona, Glyptosteges, Institella, Institina, Licharewiconcha, Polymorpharia, Retroplexus, Rugicostella, Sinuatella
Subtaxa: Costellarina carlstroemi Costellarina costellata Costellarina kaasai Costellarina mitriforma Costellarina plasi
Type: Costellaria costellata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (18: Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Utah)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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